Friday, May 8, 2015

Favorite Finds

The weather’s heating up here
in Chicago – and the news continues to stay hot. Here are some of my favorite
stories from the week.

News is in the News – A new
US study reports that the news industry is struggling with a shift to
mobile as more
readers turn to smartphones and tablets for information. In fact, 39
out of the top 50 digital news websites had more traffic from mobile
devices than from desktop computers in early 2015.

All Screens, All the
Time – An article in the Economist stated that Americans
spend over 12 hours a day, in total, watching TV, browsing the
internet, reading newspapers and the like. Also interesting – this is the
first year that consumers of media globally will spend more time online
than watching TV.

It’s All Political – More
GOP candidates entered the Presidential election race this week – and one
experienced a tech “oops” off the bat. Former HP
CEO Carly Fiorina failed to secure the web domain carlyfiorina.org,
resulting in someone else using it to launch a page that’s critical
of her tenure at HP on the same day she launched her candidacy. In
other political gaffes, an email from New York Mayor Bill de Blasio to
aides turned
into a New York Times story this week, because the mayor copied the
reporter on a message.

Sweet Homage – Ryan
Gosling continued to win hearts around the world by posting
a touching tribute to Ryan McHenry, creator of the wildly popular
“Ryan Gosling won’t eat his cereal” meme. Spoiler alert: the tribute has
Ryan finally eating his cereal.

Lots of Appreciation
– Teacher
Appreciation Week was a hit on social media, with #ThankATeacher trending
throughout the week. The hashtag #PlusSizeAppreciation also picked up steam.
And while people were expressing appreciation, they also were celebrating “Star
Wars” – #MayTheFourthBeWithYou
was another top hashtag.